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Mike Nothnagel
NY Times, Sun, Mar 04, 2012 DIAGRAMLESS
73-Across : Where to begin ... or a hint to either word in the answer to each starred clue
Author:
Mike Nothnagel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 84, Blocks: 80
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has regular crossword symmetry. 1-Across begins in the 6th square of the first row.
| | | | | 1 S | 2 N | 3 A | 4 R | 5 L | 6 S | | | | | | |
7 U | 8 P | 9 S | | | 10 P | O | R | T | I | A | | | | | | |
11 F | L | A | 12 S | 13 H | F | R | E | E | Z | I | 14 N | 15 G | | 16 D | 17 O | 18 A |
19 O | U | T | L | A | S | T | S | | | 20 L | E | O | 21 T | A | R | D |
22 S | M | E | A | R | | 23 H | O | 24 P | 25 E | | 26 A | B | A | T | E | D |
| | | 27 P | A | 28 W | | | 29 E | X | 30 T | R | A | B | A | L | L |
| 31 S | 32 M | U | S | H | | | 33 N | C | O | | 34 C | L | E | | |
35 E | L | A | P | S | E | | | 36 C | O | O | | 37 K | E | N | 38 T | 39 S |
40 M | O | T | | | 41 T | 42 A | 43 P | I | N | T | 44 O | | | 45 T | O | O |
46 T | E | C | 47 H | 48 S | | 49 S | O | L | | | 50 H | 51 A | 52 T | R | E | D |
| | 53 H | O | I | | 54 I | N | S | | | 55 S | T | A | Y | S | |
56 H | 57 I | G | H | G | 58 R | A | D | E | | | 59 O | C | T | | | |
60 T | R | A | U | M | A | | 61 S | T | 62 A | 63 T | | 64 A | T | 65 A | 66 R | 67 I |
68 T | A | M | M | A | N | 69 Y | | | 70 L | U | 71 M | M | O | X | E | S |
72 P | E | E | | 73 S | T | A | 74 R | 75 T | I | N | G | P | O | I | N | T |
| | | | | | 76 L | O | O | K | E | R | | | 77 S | O | S |
| | | | | | 78 L | O | W | E | R | S | | | | | |
© 2012, The New York Times
Across
1
Tangles in traffic or in hair :
SNARLS7
Increases, as a poker stake :
UPS10
"The Merchant of Venice" heroine :
PORTIA11
16
19
20
22
23
Bill Clinton's birthplace :
HOPE26
27
29
31
Squeeze, informally :
SMUSH33
34
Browns or Indians, on a scoreboard :
CLE35
36
37
Martha and Jonathan, on "Smallville" :
KENTS40
41
Access, as a reserve fund :
TAPINTO45
46
Computer problem solvers :
TECHS49
Fifth in a series of eight :
SOL50
53
54
55
Refuses another card :
STAYS56
59
60
Hospital's ___ center :
TRAUMA61
64
68
___ Hall (old New York political organization) :
TAMMANY70
72
Head of Parliament? :
PEE73
Where to begin ... or a hint to either word in the answer to each starred clue :
STARTINGPOINT76
10 on the beauty scale :
LOOKER77
Call from an unknown location? :
SOS78
Down
1
Tanning lotion specs: Abbr. :
SPFS2
3
4
5
6
7
Subjects of many fake photos :
UFOS8
Holiday pudding ingredient :
PLUM9
12
Carelessly paste on a wall, say :
SLAPUP13
Go after again and again :
HARASS14
15
16
17
18
21
Set aside temporarily :
TABLE24
25
One whose time is up :
EXCON28
30
31
32
*1960s-'80s Gene Rayburn show, with "The" :
MATCHGAME35
One who might respond to a 60-Across, for short :
EMT38
They may be wiggled :
TOES39
42
Home of the Himalayas :
ASIA43
Golf course hazards :
PONDS44
47
48
51
Away for summer vacation, perhaps :
ATCAMP52
56
57
58
62
63
Frequency changer :
TUNER65
W.W. II foe, with "the" :
AXIS66
67
69
Group in the South? :
YALL71
74
"Winnie-the-Pooh" jumper :
ROO75
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle.
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